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W. VALENTINE DUST PAN.

Patented June 19, 1883.

N PETERS, PhoIn-Lilhngnp UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM M. VALENTINE, OF GLEN COVE, NEV YORK.

DUST- PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,676, dated June 19,1883,

Application filed April 28, 1883. (No model.)-

' hold the dust-pan with the foot while sweeping dust into the same,thereby avoiding the stooping posture usual. while gathering up dustfrom the floor. The pan can also be moved from place to place by thefoot, and provision is made for hanging-up the dust-pan when not in use.

In the drawings. Figure 1 is a plan view of the dust-pan. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section and Fig. 3 is a rear view, the handle being insection.

The dust-pan A is of any ordinary or desired shape or size. It ispreferably made with the bottom a. sides I), and back 0, the upper edgesof the sides and back-being"wired 'to strengthen the sheet metal and itis preferable that the bottom be formed with an inclined surface to therear of the edge 2, that rests upon the floor, and that the portion 3 ofthe bottom be either level or sloping slightly downward, so that dustswept into the pan will not slip out in moving the pan. There is aframe, e, preferably of two pieces of bandiron that correspond nearly tothe shape of the back and sides of the dust-pan. These pieces 6 areattached to the sides of the pan by rivets at i, and their back ends areunited to the foot-piece f, and there is a rest, Z, at the rear part ofthe foot-piece, so that when the toes of the foot are pressed upon thefoot-piece the said foot-piece and frame ewill be brought down to thefloor, or nearly so, and the front edge of the dust-pan held firmly uponthe floor, so that dust may be swept into the pan while in thisposition. The upright n extends from the foot-piece f to the handle 0,and said upright is a guard to keep the foot of the person upon thefoot-piece while holding the pan or moving it from place to place.

The handle 0 is preferably made with wooden cheek-pieces 4 4, secured tothe sides of the metal body to lessen the weight, and to give a largersurface for the hand in grasping such handle. There is a connection, 8,from the front end of the handle to the middle part of the back of the.dust-pan. This may be formed of sheet metal, or as a flange cast withthe handle.

The rest Z is made as a loop in order that the pan may be hung up whennot in use, the loop passing over the nail or screw uponwhich the pan ishung.

I claim as my invention- 1; The combination, with the dust-pan, of aframe attached to the same, at or near the sides thereof, the foot-pieceat the back part of the frame, and a loop or rest at the rear part ofthe footpiece, substantially as set forth.

2. The foot-piece having a loop by which it can be suspended, incombination with the dust-pan, and a frame extending from the footpieceto the dust-pan and connected therewith, substantially asset forth.

3. In combination with the dust pan, a frame, a foot-piece, and a handleextending above the foot-piece, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the foot-piece, of a bearing at the rear of thefoot-piece, a handle above such foot-piece, with wooden sides to suchhandle, the dust-pan, and a frame between the dust-pan and thefoot-piece, sub stautially as set forth.

Signed by me this 26th day of April, 1883. WM. M. VALENTINE.

' itne sses:

R. FRANK BOWNE, EUGENE A. WEEKs.

